User:Ihateo2inmyco/Titanium Tetraethoxide

Organic Synthesis
Titanium Tetraethoxide is used in organic synthesis as a chemical desiccant. It reacts irreversibly with water to form TiO2 and ethanol. It is especially useful in condensation reactions in which a molecule of water is produced because by removing the water from the system, the equilibrium shifts towards the formation of additional products in accordance with Lechatelier's Principle.

Titanium Tetraethoxide also frequently serves as a Lewis Acid. The Titanium center is in its highest oxidation state and is thus very electron deficient, making Ti(OEt)4 a good electron acceptor.

Production of TiO2
Titanium Tetraethoxide is sometimes used in a react